Souza Monteiro, Diogo M and Caswell, Julie A (2009) Traceability Adoption at the Farm Level: An Empirical Analysis of the Portuguese Pear Industry. Food Policy, 34 (1). pp. 94-101. ISSN 0306-9192 .
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| Official URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.07.003 |
Abstract
Traceability is becoming a condition to operate in European food markets. Retailers impose more stringent standards than what is mandatory. An example is EurepGAP, a quality standard for good agricultural practices that imposes traceability as a main obligation. This research investigates the choice of traceability at the farm level in the Portuguese pear industry. Results suggest that in this industry farm-level adoption of EurepGAP traceability is best explained by the choice to sell to the United Kingdom (UK). For farmers selling to the UK, the odds of choosing the EurepGAP traceability level are significantly linked to membership in particular producer organizations, farm productivity, producing products under a protected designation of origin (PDO), and farmer's age. While retailers and farmer organizations seem to drive traceability, policy adjustments may be required to reduce adoption costs upstream and extend compliance among producers that sell directly to consumers and market independently.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Traceability; Portuguese pear industry; EurepGAP; Penalized likelihood estimation |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Business School > Marketing |
| Depositing User: | Rebecca Stevenson |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2009 14:38 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2011 23:48 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23423 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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